The Day the Earth Caught Fire
movie

The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
Released November 01, 1961
Genres:
Overview
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
Cast

Janet Munro
as
Jeannie Craig

Leo McKern
as
Bill Maguire

Edward Judd
as
Peter Stenning

Michael Goodliffe
as
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor

Bernard Braden
as
Davis the News Editor

Reginald Beckwith
as
Harry

Gene Anderson
as
May

Renée Asherson
as
Angela
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Arthur Christiansen
as
'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor

Austin Trevor
as
Sir John Kelly (uncredited)
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Ian Ellis
as
Michael Stenning (uncredited)

Geoffrey Chater
as
Pat Holroyd (uncredited)
Crew

Val Guest
as
Director

Val Guest
as
Writer
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Harry Waxman
as
Director of Photography

Wolf Mankowitz
as
Writer

Anthony Masters
as
Art Direction

Val Guest
as
Producer
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Bill Lenny
as
Editor
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Les Bowie
as
Special Effects
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Beatrice Dawson
as
Costume Design
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Moray Grant
as
Camera Operator
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Tony Sforzini
as
Makeup Artist
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Chris Greenham
as
ADR & Dubbing